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The Elephant In The Room

I've written and re-written this for weeks now. Unsure and worried of sharing too much or too little. I want to share Rylie's story in hopes that her life will continue to inspire others and spread a message of God's love to everyone. Rylie was due on Valentine's Day. That night, Ryan made us a wonderful candle-lit dinner and then we read some of our letters to each other from our missions and then we went to sleep, anxious and hopeful for Rylie's arrival. I woke up in the middle of the night with chills and vomiting, which lead to intense contractions. We decided to go to the hospital, thinking it was time for Rylie to arrive. We grabbed our hospital bags, the diaper bag and a barf bucket since I was still not feeling well. We left our house in perfect condition to bring our daughter home to. Everything was ready for her. We got to the hospital a little after 6AM. Once I was in triage and hooked up to the monitors, my nurse said she thought I just had th...